#China’s space probe snaps its first images of Mars

#China’s space probe snaps its first images of Mars

“#China’s space probe snaps its first images of Mars” BEIJING – China’s maiden space exploration mission to Mars has captured its first image of the red planet, the space agency said on Friday, some six months after the probe left Earth. The uncrewed Tianwen-1 took the picture at a distance of around 2.2 million km…

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#Bitcoin hits another record high after Tesla’s .5B buy-in

#Bitcoin hits another record high after Tesla’s $1.5B buy-in

“#Bitcoin hits another record high after Tesla’s $1.5B buy-in” Bitcoin touched a fresh all-time high Tuesday as Tesla’s $1.5 billion investment in the cryptocurrency pushed it further into the mainstream. Bitcoin’s price surged as high as $48,226.25 in the early morning, according to CoinDesk, continuing a rally that started Monday after Elon Musk’s electric-car maker…

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#Mets sign Jonathan Villar to add infield depth

#Mets sign Jonathan Villar to add infield depth

“#Mets sign Jonathan Villar to add infield depth” The Mets’ busy offseason continued on Tuesday morning. The team agreed to a one-year deal with infielder Jonathan Villar for $3.55 million, The Post’s Joel Sherman reported. The switch-hitting Villar split last season between the Marlins and Blue Jays, hitting .232 with two home runs, 15 RBIs…

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#Columnist Virginia Heffernan blasted for comparing neighbors to Nazi sympathizers

#Columnist Virginia Heffernan blasted for comparing neighbors to Nazi sympathizers

“#Columnist Virginia Heffernan blasted for comparing neighbors to Nazi sympathizers” LA Times columnist Virginia Heffernan is being slammed for a piece in which she compared the “Trumpites next door to our pandemic getaway” in upstate New York — despite their “aggressive niceness” — to Nazi sympathizers and Hezbollah because they backed former President Donald Trump….

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#Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

#Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab

“#Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab” WUHAN, China — The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday as the group wrapped up a visit to explore the…

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#’Cyberpunk 2077′ developer CD Projekt hit with cyberattack

#’Cyberpunk 2077′ developer CD Projekt hit with cyberattack

“#’Cyberpunk 2077′ developer CD Projekt hit with cyberattack” A hacker attacked the beleaguered video-game developer behind “Cyberpunk 2077” and threatened to leak the source codes for three of its titles, the company said Tuesday. The apparent ransomware attack was the latest headache for CD Projekt, the Polish firm whose highly anticipated “Cyberpunk” game became a…

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#Mary Wilson, co-founder of The Supremes, dead at 76

#Mary Wilson, co-founder of The Supremes, dead at 76

“#Mary Wilson, co-founder of The Supremes, dead at 76” Mary Wilson, co-founder of Motown’s legendary “girl group” The Supremes,” has died. She was 76. Her longtime publicist Jay Schwartz confirmed in a statement that she passed away suddenly at her home in Las Vegas.. Her cause of death has yet to be announced and funeral…

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#Washington State Patrol trooper dies in avalanche

#Washington State Patrol trooper dies in avalanche

“#Washington State Patrol trooper dies in avalanche” A veteran trooper with the Washington State Patrol died in an avalanche on Monday, authorities said. Steve Houle, a 28 year veteran of the force, was snowmobiling with another man when the avalanche struck in the French Cabin Creek area, the local sheriff’s office told KOMO-TV. The other…

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#DOJ asks Trump-era US attorneys to resign

#DOJ asks Trump-era US attorneys to resign

“#DOJ asks Trump-era US attorneys to resign” The Justice Department will ask US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to resign, according to a senior official at the department. The federal prosecutor overseeing the federal tax probe involving Hunter Biden, however, has been asked to remain on the job. US Attorney John Durham, who…

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